Arizona

The region's municipal bond industry insiders saw a silver lining in a 21% increase for new money volume.

State and local governments are keeping tourist attractions like the Grand Canyon open.

In the absence of advance refunding, Arizona plans to lock in rates by pricing $250.7 million of lottery refunding bonds that will not be delivered until next October.

The Federal Transit Administration has not yet awarded $760 million of the $2.62 billion Congress set aside for transit grants in fiscal 2018 almost two months after the end of the budget year.

School vouchers in Arizona and bond measures in Colorado are among the fiscal ballot measures Southwest voters will decide Tuesday.

The median net pension liability in the nation’s 15 largest cities jumped 16% on a per capita basis in fiscal 2017, S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

Arizona's share of students enrolled in charter schools is second in the nation.

Bond volume in the region fell sharply in the first half of 2018, though one expert saw the 16% drop as better than anticipated.

Driverless cars raise questions about how California and its cities should solve transportation infrastructure problems.

Tax accountants, financial advisors, private schools, and other organizations are advertising tax credits for donating to private K-12 voucher funds as ways to "sidestep," "bypass," "circumvent," or "mitigate" the impact of the federal SALT deduction cap, according to a survey.